True or False: About 5% of all kids stutter at some point in childhood
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True or False: A prolongation is a type of stutter where no sound comes out
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True or False: Lots of people around the world stutter (over 70 million)
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True or False: People stutter because their tongue gets stuck
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What is the name of the muscle in your stomach/abdomen that helps with breathing?
Diaphragm
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What is the "stretched syllable" technique?
This is when you stretch out each syllable. You stretch the first stretchable sound for one second and then stretch the rest of the sounds in the syllable for 1
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True or False: Focusing on your voice being on (larynx vibrating) and telling your brain to "stay on voice" to keep it turned on is called Continuous Phonation
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Explain how the cancelation technique works
Once you stutter, stop and pause. Release the built up tension, relax, breath and say the word again, stretching it out
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What are the 3 articulatory contacts that we use when speaking?
Teeth, tongue, lips
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True or False: Stuttering happens when there is a breakdown in communication somewhere between the brain and speech muscles
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True or False: About 300 Americans stutter
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True or False: Stuttering is more common in boys than girls